Fishing News

Team Astra Sails, led by Captain Greg Graham, tallied 19 sailfish releases to take top honors at the two-day Billfish Championship, a main event of the Jimmy Johnson Fishing Championship Week that ended Saturday in the Florida Keys. 

Heidi Andrews of Vero Beach, Florida, released 281.5 inches of barracuda to win the spin division of the 2017 Cuda Bowl Tournament that ended Feb. 4 in Key West. 

Captain Travis Dickens of Islamorada led his team aboard Indigenous to the overall win of the 27th annual Cheeca Lodge Presidential Sailfish Tournament that ended Jan. 21. 

Top trophy honors went to team Pisces, led by Captain Greg Graham of Homestead, Florida, at the Key Largo Sailfish Challenge that ended Jan. 9 in Key Largo.

Second-generation charter captain Paul Ross of Islamorada led his anglers aboard Relentless to the win at the Islamorada Sailfish Tournament that concluded Sunday, Dec. 4. The tournament kicked off the renowned triple-crown Florida Keys Gold Cup Sailfish Championship series.

Six permit, three bonefish and three barracuda releases were the winning combination for the team of Captain Kyle Giampaoli of Naples, Florida, and Sugarloaf Key’s Justin Rea at the recent Sugarloaf Showdown. 

Tom McGraw of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, won top honors at the Cheeca Lodge All-American Backcountry tournament that ended Nov. 12.
 

Up to 25 boat teams of elite sport fishermen are to compete in the Florida Keys Gold Cup Sailfish Championship series held in the waters off Islamorada, abiding by rules that strongly emphasize conservation and sportsmanship.

Jim Bokor Jr. of Buffalo, New York, earned the title of grand champion angler for the third consecutive year at the Robert James Sales S.L.A.M. Celebrity Fishing Tournament that ended Sept. 11 in the Florida Keys.